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Vol'jin is ordered by the Horde to investigate the origins of the Saurok. He's not too happy to discover that the Mogu created them from dark magic, but Garrosh's loyal guards are thrilled by this discovery--they want to create an army of corrupted warriors, similar to the Mogu.

Summary

Stage 1 – The Mission...Speak with Vol'jin to begin the search for the Saurok cave. Starting at the Tavern in the Mists, you'll work your way up the hill to

Stage 2 – We Ride!Find the entrance to the Saurok Cave. Vol'jin expresses relief that you're here to help him, since he doesn't like the look of Garrosh's guards.

Stage 3 – Guards!Defeat the Saurok guarding the cave. Vol'jin will help you out with totems and traps that stun the Saurok.

Stage 4 – Into the CaveMake your way deeper into the cave. One member of your party gets to man the Horde boat and shoot explosives at the Saurok! The other members will have to kill them the normal way on the shores.

Stage 5 – The SourceFind the source of the Saurok. As you make your way through the cave to the Broodmaster, you'll get an item that lets you destroy large egg clusters.

Stage 6 – The BroodmasterDefeat Broodmaster Noshi. Destroying egg clusters is very useful here, as the Broodmaster will hatch them all at low health, which could wipe your party. Vol'jin then arrives and casts an immunity shield so your party does not take damage as you finish the Broodmaster off.

Stage 7 – InvestigationInvestigate the Mogu Statues. Rak'gor Bloodrazor meets up with Vol'jin to declare that Garrosh is interested in the Saurok, since they are tied to the powerful Mogu. Vol'jin then learns that Saurok were not born in their current state--they were turned into the creatures they are now through the Mogu's dark magic. While he's not happy about this, Garrosh's guards are very interested in pursuing this research.

Final Stage – Ambush!Fend off the Kor'kron ambush. When Vol'jin exclaims "Garrosh playing god? Making monsters? Dis ain't what da Horde is about!", Garrosh's guard stabs him in the neck. Vol'jin is not killed, but seriously wounded. Your party must then kill the rest of Garrosh's party.

News Round Up

Today's blue posts cover a hotfix to some loot issues in LFR, a Mega Blocks contest, and the official upcoming raid schedule, as well as some Patch 5.1 PTR updates. Be sure to check out last night's hotfixes and WoW Insider for class-specific articles on how to perform well in the new raids, such as The Light and How to Swing It for retribution talents and glyphs!

Click the cut for all the blue posts, including the 5.1 PTR Patch Note Updates!

Patch 5.1 PTR Patch Note Updates

Blizzard

General Players can visit their faction strongholds in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to begin the quest to summon their war fleets to the continent of Pandaria. (Alliance players that couldn't previously complete the starting quests can now speak with Taradormi at Lion's Landing to travel the timeways and experience those quests... BACK IN TIME).

Players can follow the story of the Pandaren Campaign through a series of special quests tied to their reputation with the landing forces. Heroes assisting with the war effort will join key characters and faction leaders as the growing conflagration spreads across Pandaria... as well as other locations around Azeroth.

Entry into the brawler’s guild is by invitation only. Invitations can be found on the black market auction house, by invitation from somebody within the guild, and occasionally as drops from certain Horde and Alliance NPCs.

Sunsong Ranch A new Seed has been added: Unstable Portal Shard A mage who fell on hard times back in Dalaran has found a new home on Pandaria. Barnaby Fletcher will occasionally visit Halfhill Market to peddle a new type of seed – and take advantage of the Tillers’ hospitality.

Unstable Portal Shards grow into consumable items which can be used to open a portal from Sunsong Ranch to a major faction city.

Seeds now stack to 50. Runty crops now have a spell visual to help call attention to themselves. Growing crops now display the duration until the crop is ready to harvest. Characters who have earned the Friends on the Farm achievement will no longer find gifts while harvesting Cooking Ingredient crops – instead, they have a chance to find special seeds such as Magebulb Seed, Enigma Seed, Songbell Seed, and more.

Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons. Enemies in these raids that previously required more than one player to defeat are now more easily dealt with by players battling alone.

PvP The growing conflict between the Horde and the Alliance has spilled across the face of Azeroth: level 90 players can now queue for Wintergrasp and Tol Barad via the PvP tab to battle one another in these epic conflicts.

Heart of Fear Raid Finder Loot Issue Hotfixed

Blizzard

We’ve applied a hotfix to resolve an issue where players in Raid Finder were being saved as having killed a boss after a wipe in Heart of Fear. The hotfix is active and doesn't require a rolling restart to take effect. Heart of Fear is now safe for your Raid Finder adventuring needs.

For the small number of players who were ineligible for a chance at loot as a result of this bug before it was fixed, we're currently discussing the best resolution and will provide an update as soon as we can. In the meantime, we thank you for your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.Does the solution only affect people who killed the bosses or also the people were just locked incorrectly? I wiped and didn't kill a boss and got saved apparently. Am I now unsaved and can go safely or do I need to wait for a solution?

This does not affect those that killed a boss and got loot. The hotfix was to correct an issue where players got saved when a boss resets; like after a wipe.The hotfix prevents more people from being saved incorrectly when a boss resets. For players already saved, we're still exploring what we can do and will provide an update as soon as possible.

Mega Blocks Contest

Blizzard

Everything is in the name. Announcing the 'Build Big, Win Big' contest, one of the largest giveaways we've ever done. We even pulled an original World of Warcraft brown Collector's Edition from the Blizzard Vaults! From now until December 10, take your Mega Bloks World of Warcraft sets and stack, rearrange, redesign and recombine ‘em into never-before-seen creations.

We want to see how big, impressive and creative you can be with the World of Warcraft Mega Bloks. Once you're ready, snap some pictures of your masterpiece and submit them through our official "Build Big, Win Big" Facebook Contest Page. The form will ask for your name, the name of your creation, and its recipe (ex: Deathwing Stormwind Assault, Goblin Zeppelin, Gnome Flying Machines). There will be 16 lucky winners.

In the United Kingdom you can find the products at ToysRUs, Smyths, Argos or at Argos Online.

What You Could Win:

Grand Prize (1 of 1)

ALL FIVE World of Warcraft Collector’s Editions

World of Warcraft, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria with option to have them signed by the development team

Complete "yet to be released" Winter 2012 Mega Bloks World of Warcraft collection

Official Rules:

How We’ll Judge:

Each week entries we’ve received will be posted to the official World of Warcraft Facebook page for the world to see. Winners will be determined by a panel of esteemed Blizzard brick fans and judged on originality, creativity and size of build. Note that only entries which exclusively contain Mega Bloks World of Warcraft sets will be considered valid. We’re sure the existing sets are enough to spark your creativity, so at least for this contest no throwing other toys, crafts, or cats into the mix!

Comments

Comment by Dracovarius

Spirit of Harmony can now be purchased for 600 Conquest Points at the Conquest Quartermaster.

I foresee a lot more people I can do 2s with.

Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons.

Love it.

This.

That's been around for awhile, tbh.

At this very moment you still need a raid group to enter any raid instance, also the ones before Pandaria. Don't know where you get that this has already changed because it hasn't.

Comment by TomatoSauce

on 2012/11/15 23:10:29

Garrosh's loyal guards are thrilled by this discovery--they want to create an army of corrupted warriors, similar to the Mogu.

Oh dear.

Dark path indeed.

Comment by moes247

on 2012/11/16 09:07:25

So now more than ever I want Vol'jin to deliver the killing blow to Garrosh.

Comment by MrUglee

on 2012/11/16 21:23:19

true that, these changers are awesome for the most part

Comment by Keelerak

on 2012/11/17 01:50:17

I wonder what consequences will this have. I mean, feud and arguments are one thing, but once one attempts to murder the other, it can't continue with just bad sights and harsh words. If events happened in a logical manner, this scenario would result in either a civil war or Vol'Jin's defection. Because we are so early in expansion, the latter seems much more probable.

Comment by mellos

on 2012/11/17 07:26:35

does that mean that i cna solo my glory achievements?

Comment by Adamsm

on 2012/11/17 07:31:23

does that mean that i cna solo my glory achievements?

You already can.

Comment by yukonjack

on 2012/11/17 10:57:44

I am unable to find it but I was sure I read somewhere that the new daily areas in Krasarang Wilds are going to be a no fly zone.

Anyone able to confirm or deny this?

Comment by herokilldk

on 2012/11/17 12:40:41

REALLY GARROSH? You QQ about Arthas and Sylvanas raising the dead and now you're making corrupted lizard man, srsly? GO DIE!

Comment by DNAli3n

on 2012/11/17 16:43:39

i belive, and hope, that garrosh will become the last raidboss of MoP

and i am a proud member of the horde

Comment by mellos

on 2012/11/18 13:15:37

does that mean that i cna solo my glory achievements?

You already can.

i want to see you soloing Glory of the firelands raider...

Comment by Adamsm

on 2012/11/18 13:23:49

does that mean that i cna solo my glory achievements?

You already can.

i want to see you soloing Glory of the firelands raider...

As it is, you can solo most of the achievements on your own; yes there are still some that need a couple of people, but it is possible.

Comment by mellos

on 2012/11/25 03:05:49

does that mean that i cna solo my glory achievements?

You already can.

i want to see you soloing Glory of the firelands raider...

As it is, you can solo most of the achievements on your own; yes there are still some that need a couple of people, but it is possible.

well i cant so i guess that im completely noob or just cant find the right way to do it...i still need alys achie and every1 faills at it...

Comment by Adamsm

on 2012/11/25 07:39:21

well i cant so i guess that im completely noob or just cant find the right way to do it...i still need alys achie and every1 faills at it...

/shrug Well it's not like Blizz will make that stuff easier, since you know, it's still suppose to be a challenge and not something that is just going to be handed to ya.

Comment by Interest

on 2012/11/25 18:05:51

Spirit of Harmony can now be purchased for 600 Conquest Points at the Conquest Quartermaster.

I foresee a lot more people I can do 2s with.

Raid groups are no longer necessary to enter pre-Mists of Pandara raid dungeons.

Love it.

This.

That's been around for awhile, tbh.

At this very moment you still need a raid group to enter any raid instance, also the ones before Pandaria. Don't know where you get that this has already changed because it hasn't.

Well I mean the change has been announced for quite a while.

Garrosh's loyal guards are thrilled by this discovery--they want to create an army of corrupted warriors, similar to the Mogu.